SISTER SUPERIOR

Real Name: Vera Lynn Black

Class: Human cyborg

Occupation: Vigilante

Group Affiliation: Justice League Elite

Known Relatives: Manchester Black (brother, deceased), unnamed parents

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mobile

First Appearance: JLA #100 (August, 2004)

Powers: Sister Superior possessed cybernetic arms that could transmute into melee weapons or firearms. Her arms also contained holographic projectors. She possessed superhuman strength and durability, and her arms were self-repairing.

History: (JLA #100 (fb)) - Vera lost her arms in a childhood accident, and her brother Manchester Black was the only one that could keep her spirits up. As an adult Manchester Black formed the violent vigilante superteam the Elite, and after his confidence was shaken in a battle with Superman he committed suicide. Vera blamed Superman for his death, and had technoorganic arms grafted onto herself so she could gain revenge.

(JLA #100) - There were several volcanic eruptions, the hole in the ozone layer opened further, and other geothermal events that signaled an extinction level event. Hat sensed it was Gaea, who damned humanity for their abuse of her and their failure to get along, and reported to Sister Superior. In response Superior formed the Elie v.2 and proposed a plan to the JLA, and although they doubted her trustworthiness they agreed. The Elite stormed Washington, demanded all governments dissolve and declared themselves rulers of Earth because humanity had proved themselves unfit to rule. After UN meetings and a staged defeat of the JLA by the Elite, every nation on Earth put aside their differences to tackle the Elite. Gaea once again believed in humanity, seeing them unite against a common enemy, and held back her wrath. The Elite allowed themselves to be defeated, and the cover story was that the JLA had them imprisoned on the moon. Sister Superior discussed forming a Justice League Elite, a black op force to make preemptive strikes. Batman had long considered the possibility, but didn’t trust Superior, and neither did Superman, who was an archenemy of her brother Manchester. Flash spoke out, saying she deserved a chance to be heard out.

(JLA #112, 113) - Sister Superior and the Elite were called in as a JLA reservists when Qwardians threatened to destroy Earth with their doomsday weapon Erdammeru while the Crime Syndicate of Amerika tried to take control of Earth. Superior and her teammates battled the Syndicate, who were trying to take over Hong Kong, and forced them to flee Earth, afterward tending to the wounded.

Comments: Created by Joe Kelly & Doug Mahnke.

Sister Superior and her brother Manchester Black were both analogs of Jenny Sparks, a member of Wildstorm comics The Authority.

Sister Superior had a cameo in Batgirl I #71.

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